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Mercor, a $10 billion startup, recruits doctors, lawyers, and social workers to teach AI how to do their jobs—paying them as much as their full-time work. Meanwhile, economists debate whether AI job displacement will trigger economic collapse or simply shift labor to new sectors. Congress remains largely silent despite mounting evidence of disruption.
Sequoia Capital has secured roughly $7 billion for a new expansion strategy fund, nearly doubling its 2022 vehicle of $3.4 billion. The fundraise marks the first major capital raise under new co-stewards Alfred Lin and Pat Grady, who took leadership in November 2025. The fund targets late-stage investments in US and Europe, with a sharp focus on AI giants like OpenAI and Anthropic, both eyeing 2026 public listings.
OpenAI released GPT-Rosalind, its first domain-specific AI model built for life sciences research. Named after DNA pioneer Rosalind Franklin, the model aims to compress the 10-to-15-year drug development timeline by helping scientists synthesize evidence and generate biological hypotheses. Access is restricted through a trusted access program to enterprise partners including Amgen, Moderna, and Thermo Fisher Scientific.
OpenAI is transforming Codex from an AI coding tool into a productivity powerhouse that can control your desktop. The company partnered with Infosys, Accenture, PwC, and other global consulting firms to accelerate enterprise adoption, while adding background automation, 100+ plugins, and memory features. With over 4 million weekly users and competition heating up against Anthropic's Claude Code, OpenAI is positioning Codex as the foundation for a future super app.
American Express announced it will acquire Hyper, an AI-focused expense management startup backed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. The deal, expected to close in Q2 2026, positions AmEx to deploy autonomous AI agents that categorize expenses, file reports, and handle compliance checks automatically, marking a shift from traditional expense software to agentic finance.
OpenAI is testing a new feature that allows ChatGPT to remember user-uploaded images, eliminating the need to re-upload photos repeatedly when creating AI-generated images for viral social media trends. Spotted in the ChatGPT Android app beta, the 'Reference photo' option lives in the Memories section and gives users full data control to replace or delete stored images anytime.
Apple is sending fewer than 200 Siri engineers to a multi-week AI coding bootcamp as the company races to unveil a next-generation, AI-powered version of its voice assistant. The move comes less than two months before WWDC 2026, where Apple is expected to preview a Siri experience powered by Google Gemini that functions more like ChatGPT than the current built-in tool.
JPMorgan Chase and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group are close to completing Oracle's record-shattering $38 billion loan for data center projects in Texas and Wisconsin. But the months-long struggle to distribute the debt across two dozen investors raises questions about market appetite for AI infrastructure financing as Oracle's credit risk surges and the tech giant burns through cash on its ambitious Stargate AI infrastructure contract with OpenAI.
Recent peer-reviewed research shows that heavy reliance on AI tools significantly reduces confidence in independent reasoning and degrades cognitive abilities. Studies involving nearly 2,000 participants found that people who heavily depend on AI for work tasks report lower confidence and less ownership over their output, while those who actively edit AI-generated content maintain stronger cognitive skills.
Starbucks unveiled a beta app inside ChatGPT that helps customers discover drinks based on their mood, outfit, or even the weather. Users can prompt @Starbucks for personalized drink recommendations and customize orders before completing checkout in the Starbucks app. But early reviews reveal a clunky ordering process that may frustrate regular customers seeking quick transactions.
The Pentagon designated Anthropic a supply chain risk on February 27, 2026, after the AI company refused to remove restrictions on mass domestic surveillance and autonomous lethal weapons. The same day, OpenAI announced a deal with the Pentagon for unrestricted AI access. The conflict reveals fundamental tensions between AI ethics and control, democratic oversight, and military demands in the AI arms race.
Microsoft unveiled MAI-Image-2-Efficient, a cost-effective image generation model priced at $19.50 per million image output tokens—41% cheaper than its flagship. The faster AI image model delivers 4x high throughput efficiency per GPU and ships just weeks after the original, marking the company's rapid push to build an independent AI stack beyond OpenAI.
OpenAI unveiled GPT-5.4-Cyber, a specialized cybersecurity model, just days after Anthropic released its Mythos model with limited access due to security concerns. Both AI systems can detect software vulnerabilities at unprecedented speed, prompting urgent meetings between US Treasury officials and Wall Street leaders about potential risks to critical infrastructure.
Microsoft has secured data center capacity in Norway that OpenAI originally planned to lease under its Stargate initiative. The move adds 30,000 Nvidia Rubin GPUs to Microsoft's infrastructure as OpenAI shifts strategy, now planning to access compute through Microsoft's Azure rather than direct deals. The development signals OpenAI's more cautious approach to infrastructure spending ahead of a potential IPO.
Novo Nordisk announced a strategic partnership with OpenAI to integrate artificial intelligence across its operations, from drug discovery to manufacturing. The Danish drugmaker aims to analyze complex datasets, identify promising drug candidates faster, and regain competitive ground in the weight-loss drug market against rival Eli Lilly. Full integration is planned by the end of 2026.
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